Bars do look a bit high on hummerlicious' bike, but then that looks like a 120mm fork, there's an inch or so of headset spacers in there, a flat stem and a riser bar... Probably a bit taller setup than most would run on their 29ers. My current 29er HT has zero spacers, a negative rise stem and flat bars to make sure it's low enough at the front end.

Pretty much everything yeah. The Kona is superb, but I bought it as a bit of a stop gap til I found (more like can afford) a nicer frame that suits my requirements. Only thing that won't get carried forward would be the fork, I'd put a 120mm on a Sync for sure where the Kona is fine with the 100mm.

Alas not yet. Waiting on parts to arrive. Actually can anyone recommend me some wheels to compliment this build? Want nice light tubeless ready but not sure what to go for. I'm not a particularly aggressive rider...